B2🐺 Animals
Essere una rana
To be a small person who thinks they're more important than they are
Literal Translation
"To be a frog"
What it means
To be a small person who thinks they're more important than they are
Example in context
"Si comporta come se fosse chissà chi, ma è solo una rana che vuol fare il bue."
"He acts like he's somebody, but he's just a frog trying to be an ox."
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